Re: [xfs-masters] [PATCH} XFS: Remove placeholders for unimplementedfunctionality.

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Sun, 28 Jan 2007, Eric Sandeen wrote:

> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >   Remove a couple kernel config variables (FS_POSIX_CAP and
> > FS_POSIX_MAC) that represent placeholders for unimplemented
> > functionality.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > ---
>
> ...
>
> > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_cap.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_cap.h
> > index 7a0e482..cfedfd1 100644
> > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_cap.h
> > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_cap.h
>
> ...
>
> > -#else
> >  #define xfs_cap_vset(v,p,sz)	(-EOPNOTSUPP)
> >  #define xfs_cap_vget(v,p,sz)	(-EOPNOTSUPP)
> >  #define xfs_cap_vremove(v)	(-EOPNOTSUPP)
> >  #define _CAP_EXISTS		(NULL)
> > -#endif
> >
> >  #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
>
> By the time you do this, probably may as well remove the whole file;
> the leftover 4 definitions never seem to be used.
>
> The same may go for xfs_mac.h.
>
> -Eric

good point.  david chinner (dgc) already mentioned that he'd prefer to
run this through the XFS tree so i'll leave this in his capable hands.

rday

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